SurgeryExchange
University of Toledo Medical Center, “UTMC”, and Surgery Exchange have partnered to provide a new Process Improvement solution that will streamline the management of vendor-owned item reimbursement, commonly known as ‘bill only’. UTMC has asked Surgery Exchange to bring suppliers on board to support UTMC’s efforts to improve and automate processes, which will reduce the time to generate accurate purchase orders and ensure supply costs are in line with contracted pricing.
The Surgery Exchange solution will also help UTMC be more efficient and allow suppliers more time to support physicians and the patient care teams in delivering high-quality patient care.
Transforming operations with a fully automated solution: Surgery Exchange Platform
· Supports UTMC from procedure scheduling through PO generation.
· Interfaces with the UTMC IT systems: Scheduling, EHR/EMR, and financial
ERP systems
· Notifies supplier as soon as the case is entered into UTMC’s scheduling
system and will notify any changes or cancellations made to the case.
- Provides supplier with physician’s special requests.
- With supplier help, notify central sterile of incoming loaner trays so
they can be ready to process in accordance with current policies.
Post-Case usage
· The charted usage is imported from the EHR, and supplier is notified to
review and reconcile with case records to verify 100% accuracy and upload of documentation.
- Any discrepancy between supplier records and the EHR must be addressed
with the departmental hospital designee.
· Surgery Exchange will expedite the generation and delivery of the purchase
order when supplier records and the EHR match.